Course Description:
Anxiety disorders involve an intense fear and avoidance of specific situations, objects, or activities that are recognized as irrational by the individual. Anxiety is often expressed in physical symptoms such as shortness of breath, hyperventilation, palpitations, chest pain, a feeling of choking or suffocating, nausea, stomach pains, diarrhea, faintness, dizziness, blurred vision, headache, sweating, or cold in the extremities. It may also be manifested as a subjective reaction (e.g. self-reported feelings of fright and tension) and/or through overt behavior. Anxiety disorders exhibit themselves in various shapes and forms such as: panic disorder, phobic disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder.
By the end of this course, you will:
Acquire knowledge that promote insight into the physiological, and behavioral aspects of anxiety.
Recognize the type of support you need to decrease the sense of powerlessness to do things related to personal matters.
Have an opportunity to alleviate your sense of self-absorption that interferes with effective solution of real problems.
Receive step by step instructions to address anxiety problems such as relaxation techniques, use of imagery, in vivo desensitization, and group support.